Area Of focus
Women’s Health
The health of women and girls is still too often overlooked, ignored, or adversely affected by discrimination and injustice.
Facts and figures
9
years of life are spent in ill health by women.
25%
more time is spent in poor health by women compared to men.
800
women died every day in 2020 from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
$42B
financing gap for women estimated by the African Development Bank.
94%
of the treatment gap occurs in low and middle-income countries.
33%
of participants in clinical trials for cardiovascular disease are women.
80%
of patients diagnosed with autoimmune diseases are women.
WHO’s role in women’s health
Leader
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) initiatives for women’s health aim to end preventable maternal mortality, promote newborn health and eliminate mother-to-child transmission of communicable diseases.
Eliminator
WHO leads efforts to eliminate gynecological illnesses such as cervical and breast cancer through targeted initiatives focused on early screening and prevention.
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